iPhone owners, rejoice, for your long national maps nightmare is almost over. According to AllThingsD, a standalone Google Maps app is going to hit the App Store sometime tonight. So long, Apple Maps. It's been... something.

For its part, Google has remained coy about if and when it would grace iOS with its Maps once again. Four weeks ago the WSJ reported that the restoration was "imminent," then silence until now. Finally, though, it appears the prodigal app is ready to return, and in but a few hours.

It's not all gravy and rose hips, though; Apple Maps will still live on your iPhone, forever, and will still be the default navigation/mapping product on your handset. And while AllThingsD says Google will "release" Google Maps tonight, it's not entirely clear if that means it will actually pop up in the App Store, or if it still has an Apple approval process to struggle with. Given how eager Apple has been to give its customers alternatives to its egregious offering, one might assume that there won't be much red tape.